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SHOP STEWARDS in the West Midlands have rejected the 15 per cent pay deal agreed by Ala Law and the Road Haulage Association only three weeks ago. A mass meeting of stewards held i Wolverhampton on Sunday voted to reject the deal which was only signed by hauliers and unio men last Friday.
Employers' negotiator Reg Cooper told CM: "I take a very serious view of this — and I shall be asking whether union representatives have a mandate from members to make agreements.
"We have spent a long time getting this agreement and we believe it was a good one. We have been under terrific pressure from the Government and we're not at all happy about this now," he said.
News of the mass meeting had leaked out on Friday when the signing took place, but union officials assured a employers that the deal woe be ratified.
Now, the men have decid( to put in a claim for £65week and join other uni( branches in the East, Sou East and Southern regions the Transport and Genet' Workers Union national agreed claim which cou mean up to 40 per ce increases.
And in Coventry drive have lodged a claim that 1,A involve a 100 per cent rise basic rates. The men want f for a 40-hour week and guaranteed 55 hours a we The claim has only just be lodged and worried hauli( have now to discuss it bac making a reply.
But in Scotland, uni officials are considering offer of only 9.27 per cent basic rates plus fringe benef Scottish RHA area secret Tom Brattin told CM that ti had agreed to change the be of calculation of wages fr the plated weight to the gr weight of the vehicle be. driven.
He said subsister allowances would be raised £1 to £6.50 and would, future, be linked to the Cos Living Index with a revi every six months.
Drivers in Scotland will four weeks' holiday after th years' service and a night I of 33p over their hourly r, Insurance commitments the drivers will be reviewec the employer after a ye; service.
Employers have E conceded the principle compensation for drivers a 10 years' service if they their licences due to med reasons. After ,10 years, t will get nine weeks' pay, a 15 years it will be 12 we pay and after 20 years, driver will get 15 weeks' pa compensation.